Publication: Incidence of injury in junior rugby league players

Inglis, Paul, Doma, Kenji, and Deakin, Glen (2015) Incidence of injury in junior rugby league players. Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, 23 (6). pp. 98-100.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/41134/

Seminar: Addressing Cisgenderism in Service Responses to Transgender People

Jocelyn Wale Seminar Series – Addressing Cisgenderism in Service Responses to Transgender People.

Guest speaker: Associate Professor Damien W. Riggs.
Date: Friday 4 March 2016.
Time: 4:00-5:00pm AEST
Location: A21.001 (JCU Cairns); 017.101 (JCU Townsville); A1-01 (JCU Singapore)

A now substantial body of research has consistently found that transgender people experience poorer mental health when compared to the general population. The context of cisgenderism, it has been suggested, provides an explanation as to why this is the case. This seminar presents a model that accounts for the impact of cisgenderism upon transgender people in terms of mental health, and advocates for ways to improve service responses so as to better support transgender people.

https://www.facebook.com/events/566669416836451/

Publication: Parental stress, affective symptoms and marital satisfaction in parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Lovisotto, Rebecca, Caltabiano, Nerina J., and Hajhashemi, Karim (2015) Parental stress, affective symptoms and marital satisfaction in parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 5 (10). pp. 30-38.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/42327/

Welcoming our 2016 Nursing & Midwifery cohort

Peter Hartin, the Year 1 Bachelor of Nursing Coordinator, gives a presentation to new students in Townsville, video-conferenced to Mackay and Mt Isa, during O week about being prepared to start the nursing and nursing/midwifery degrees. Together with Professor Melanie Birks, the Head of Discipline, Pete outlined many of the essential resources needed to ensure students are ready to commence study at University.

Info Skills Road Trip

The Info Skills Road Trip is an online, modular workshop to help you get started with researching your assignments at university.

http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/roadtrip

GDip Midwifery Capstone Residential Week

We enjoyed a very productive week with our GDip Midwifery students at their capstone residential block in Townsville - pictured here taking good care of our SimMum.

Ten Great Apps for Uni Students

The Good Universities Guide has produced a list of apps that will help you with your studies, keep to your student budget or even make the most of your student lifestyle.

http://www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/Latest-news/Life-at-university/Ten-great-apps-for-uni-students#.Vsa1Qfl95hF 

"Ask Us" Student Guide 2016

Welcome to the 2016 academic year.  JCU Student Services have put together the "Ask US" Student Guide 2016, which provides the contact details for key student support services:

• JCU Customer Help
• Getting Started at JCU
• Course Planning and Enrolment
• Student Learning and Success
• Student Life and Community
• Personal Support
• Careers and Employment
• Graduation an Beyond
• International Students
• Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students

Download a copy of the guide at the JCU Ask Us website.

CHS Seminar: Child Sex Abuse Talk 2016

CHS Seminar Series - Child sex abuse talk 2016

Presenter: Professor Russell Hawkins PhD.
When: Friday 4 March 2016, 15:00-16:00 AEST.
Location: 025.002 (JCU Townsville); D003.003 (JCU Cairns); A1-01 (JCU Singapore).

The current Australian Royal Commission into Instiututional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) illustrates the ubiquity of the problem. This talk will initially describe some general findings about CSA. Results from a study of convicted child sex offenders in prison and other key features of sexual offending will be used to illustrate why the problem remains so intransigent. An ARC funded study to evaluate a child protection programme in Queensland schools will be described.

https://www.facebook.com/events/972856076125185/

Publication: "Settling for less": designing undergraduate nursing curricula in the context of national accreditation

Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Cross, Wendy, and Chapman, Ysanne (2015) "Settling for less": designing undergraduate nursing curricula in the context of national accreditation. Collegian. pp. 1-8. (In Press)

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/42798/

The Cowan Grant Young Endeavour Leadership Scholarship 2016

The Cowan Grant Young Endeavour Leadership Scholarship is generously supported by the Cowan Grant Trust and is available to students at the Cairns Campus of James Cook University.

The Cowan Grant Young Endeavour Leadership Scholarship aims to provide students (up to the age of 23) with an opportunity to join Australia’s national sail training ship, the Young Endeavour, further developing their professional and personal skills through activities that extend beyond day‐to‐day studies.

The voyage provides a unique, challenging and inspirational experience at sea and is designed to increase self‐awareness, develop teamwork and leadership skills and create a strong sense of community responsibility amongst members of the youth crew.

For further information and applications see https://www.jcu.edu.au/scholarships-@-jcu/search/cowan-grant-young-endeavour-leadership-scholarship

O-week workshops 2016

Get off to a flying start by attending your O-week workshops.

Discover how to get your mobile device connected to the wireless network, develop a search strategy to find information for your assignments, find scholarly journal articles, and much, much more.

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Publication: The methodological dynamism of grounded theory

Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne (2015) The methodological dynamism of grounded theory. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14 (4). pp. 1-6.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/41543/

Welcome to O-Week

Welcome to our commencing students within the six disciplines of the College of Healthcare Sciences:

1. Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition
2. Occupational Therapy
3. Physiotherapy
4. Psychology
5. Speech Pathology
6. Sport & Exercise Science.

Please familiarise yourselves with the O-Week programs available online at the Orientation Week website.

Off-campus students are encouraged to come on campus during O Week and join in the activities. For students at external locations, make sure you visit our off-campus students' webpage for key information and download the off-campus student guide.

Make a smooth transition into university life by working through our GetReady4Uni website. This website will help both on-campus and off-campus students understand what to expect as a new student.

For enrolment assistance please contact the JCU Student Centre on 1800-246446 or email enrolmenthelp@jcu.edu.au

LibGuides you can review before Week 1

New students to JCU can begin to learn academic skills useful for their studies by looking at some of our LibGuides.

http://jculibrarynews.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/libguides-you-can-review-before-study.html

You can also check out your discipline specific LibGuide.

http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/hea

The Learning Centre

At JCU, all students are entitled to the best possible learning experience. Through the JCU Learning Centre, students have access to study groups and space, learning and career advice, and an annual program of study and research skills workshops and seminars.

Enrolment Help

For help enrolling visit our Students website for handy step-by-step instructions, FAQs and helpful videos.

You can always contact the Student Centre at enquiries@jcu.edu.au for more information.

https://www.jcu.edu.au/students/enrolment

Publication: Sleep disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and residents of regional and remote Australia

Woods, Cindy E., McPherson, Karen, Tikoft, Erik, Usher, Kim, Hosseini, Fariborz, Ferns, Janine, Jersmann, Hubertus, Antic, Ral, and Maguire, Graeme Paul (2015) Sleep disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and residents of regional and remote Australia. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 11 (11). pp. 1263-1271.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/41080/

Purchasing Textbooks

After enrolling, you can create your personalised textbook list from StudentsOnline. The Co-Op bookshop is the on-campus textbook supplier in Townsville and Cairns, with online orders available for external sites.  

Don’t buy your textbooks until you are sure about your subject choices.

If you buy textbooks online, overseas or second hand, via online suppliers such as StudentVIP, make sure you are buying the correct edition with the correct ISBN number (find on the back cover, above the bar code).

YourTutor available soon

YourTutor is an online tutoring website that will be offered through the Library in 2016.

When you need help with your studies outside of normal office hours, you can connect to YourTutor. A real life tutor will be waiting online to help you with academic writing, referencing, sentence structure, study skills, exam preparation, online search skills, numeracy, statistics, accounting, and more.

YourTutor will be available from Week 1, Study Period 1.

Publication: Occupation based intervention in hand injury rehabilitation: experiences of occupational therapists in Malaysia

Che Daud, Ahmad Zamir, Yau, Matthew K., Barnett, Fiona, and Judd, Jenni (2016) Occupation based intervention in hand injury rehabilitation: experiences of occupational therapists in Malaysia. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23 (1). pp. 57-66.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/39202/

CENA student membership

The College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) is the peak professional association representing emergency nurses. Our aim is foster excellence in emergency nursing practice.

In recognition of the commitment postgraduate nursing students’ give to our profession, CENA would like to offer current students enrolled in a postgraduate program (with content pertinent to emergency nursing) a discounted membership to the College. In addition to this, the first 100 students to take up this offer, will receive a free copy of the Curtis and Ramsden text book: Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics as part of their membership.

http://www.cena.org.au/pgrad-emergency-nursing-membership

Publication: Teaching the Holocaust in nursing and medical education in Australia

Shields, Linda, Hartin, Peter, Shields, Kirril, and Benedict, Susan (2015) Teaching the Holocaust in nursing and medical education in Australia. Working Papers in the Health Sciences, 1 (12). pp. 1-4.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/42343/

Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship & Support Scheme (NAHSSS) open until 14 March

NOW OPEN: Applications for nursing and midwifery scholarships open until 14 March 2016. Scholarships are available for nurses and midwives to do short courses, conferences and workshops, as well as nursing and midwifery re-entry studies.

Apply online or call 1800 117 262 for more information.

https://www.acn.edu.au/nahsss

Close the Gap 2016

We encourage our students to view this video, showing the work that Dr Lynore Geia, Senior Lecturer, JCU Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition did with Oxfam recently on Closing the Gap, which has been played at Parliament House this week. In the words of our College Dean, Professor Lee Stewart, "A remarkable and powerful message".

Publication: What is the role of the physiotherapist in paediatric intensive care units? A systematic review of the evidence for respiratory and rehabilitation interventions for mechanically ventilated patients.

Hawkins, Ellie, and Jones, Anne (2015) What is the role of the physiotherapist in paediatric intensive care units? A systematic review of the evidence for respiratory and rehabilitation interventions for mechanically ventilated patients. Physiotherapy, 101 (4). pp. 303-309.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/41864/

Report: Trends in serious injury due to road vehicle traffic crashes, Australia: 2001-2010

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report on 11th February 2016: Trends in serious injury due to road vehicle traffic crashes, Australia: 2001-2010

http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129554605

Publication: Cluster randomised-control trial for an Australian child protection education program: study protocol for the Learn to be safe with Emmy and friends™

White, Codi, Shanley, Dianne C., Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J., Lines, Katrina, Walsh, Kerryann, and Hawkins, Russell (2016) Cluster randomised-control trial for an Australian child protection education program: study protocol for the Learn to be safe with Emmy and friends™. BMC Public Health, 16 (72). pp. 1-7.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/42354/

New work from JCU Singapore on relationships

Trust me: trust is the key to good relationships

James Cook University researchers have discovered that trust – and similar attitudes about the world – are fundamental to good, lasting relationships.

Dr Smita Singh, senior lecturer in psychology at JCU’s Singapore campus, recently co-authored a paper on the subject in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

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Report: Hospitalised injuries in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: 2011-13.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report on the 12th February 2016: Hospitalised injuries in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: 2011-13.

http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129554632

Publication: Knowledge of the practice of doping: the views of athletes and support personnel

Engelberg, T. (2015) Knowledge of the practice of doping: the views of athletes and support personnel. In: Abstracts from the 2015 Australian Psychological Society Congress. From: 2015 APS: Australian Psychological Society Congress, 30 September - 2 October 2015, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/40905/

JCU Access Scholarship applications now open

The JCU Access Fund could be the answer if money problems stand between you and a higher education at JCU. The reasons for your financial circumstances are taken into consideration when awarding these scholarships and bursaries. There are three different awards under the JCU Access Fund.

• Access Scholarship $ 5,000
• Access Bursary $ 1,500
• Support Grant $ 500

https://www.jcu.edu.au/scholarships-@-jcu/search/jcu-access-fund

Congratulations Peter Hartin for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Congratulations to Peter Hartin from Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition on receiving a 2015 Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.  Peter’s citation was for “Bringing the outsiders in: Inspiring multi-campus regional and remote students in the nursing capstone to learn, connect and succeed”. This citation is a prestigious award that recognises Peter’s excellent work in the nursing capstone subject.  Well done Peter!